Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 November 1888 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

THINGS TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.

Amitrar Iliotogrmplie** Are C«3iliid«d of the Adrantaeo of Keeping tbe Ofrelap'lng riukl on a Plate in Constant Motion.

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Tbe advantage of keeping tbo developing fluid on a plato in constant motion is indispu table The development proceeds more evenly, air babble* are removed onl spots ami streaks or© to a largo extent prevented. In the illustration is shown a simplo mechanical arrangement on tbo principle of tbe pendulum, which can be made by an amateur and will be found convenient.

KIM PI. E MECHANICAL Altlt.VNOEMEST IX PHOTOOBAPHY.

La Nature, from which onr cut was taken, my»: The supporting framework is made of stout wire, covered with rubber tubing. Glass rods might bo sutatituted if one has a Utile skill In glass blowiug. It is only necessary to till tho tray with thedevelopinj fluid, immerse the plate, and set the apparatus in motion, which will continue for a period long enough for tbe development of tho most rectory plate.

Collapsible Lifeboats.

Following In the wake of Perthor.'s patent unsubmergiblo lifeboats that collapse into one-fifth tbelr width for storage, come Chambers' patent unsinkable semi-collapsible lifeboats. The following description of Chamber*1 boat occurs in Encinecring: It is a craft of 20 feet lengthy 7 feet boom and 8 feet 4 inches depth, has a displacement of 11 tons and affords accommodation to 40 people. The depth of tho boat proper is 14 inches, but abqps that is a canvas washboard flttod with galvanized iron stanchions and rails, and hinged to tbo gunwaleof tho boat. When raised to tbe perpendicular tho washboard locks itself Into position by means of stays. In the ship tho boat enly occupies a space 18 inches In depth, «v that three may easily be placed the one above tho other and vet not occupy a greater height than the ordinary boat Thero arc formed around tho inside of the hull something like fort)" air tight compartments, of over three tons space, which gives the boat greater buoyancy. Tho tottom of the boat is so arranged that it may le bsed as a rn ff in the event of its being overturned, and I and ropes are fitted to enable any one in tbo water to get an to such a raft or to right tho boat wheu overturned. The seats in tbeiusidoof tbe bout are formed into tanks provWenaoiMi distressstetwl*- The advantages of these se-mi-coliniwwlo boats may to appreciated when it is mentioned that had tlie same number of ordinary boats bet'n placed on board tiio'C ty of New York, nearly three times tbe space occupied would have been needed.

II rm ami There.

The importance of preserving fruit* beeomes evident in South Africa, where tbo soil Is drier every year and springs and river* tas* strong.

OWtag to the perfection of her spinning machinery nmi tltoterge amount.of capital invested in the l.tminem, England spins moro woolen and cotton yam than all tl*o other countries combined, and ynrns are among tho most important of lmr-ex]orts.

One of the annoyances connected with the use of instruments containing tames, in tho examination of the cavities of tho body, is due to tbe fact that they tweomo dim by tho deposition of moisture. Dr. J8tocquart claims that this can be prevented by spreading a drop of glycerine on tbe ieus.

The rapid development of southern California has brought Lower California into prominence, end recent explorations have shown that it is not at ail that desert land which it 1ms long been supposed to be.

Statue In tho C2alvaaol*la»tte rroeess. The monumental statue of the Into Miss Hollis. of Boston, recently oa exhibition at Tiffany & Co.X is tolieved tvbe tho first statue done in this wintry in the galvanoplastic proocsa Tho sculptor, Mr. Carl Kohl-Smith, is a Iatw by birth ami does not belong to any school. Ho was educated at tbo Academic classicism, but works after his own free, natural manner.

A Whwl Turned by Gm

In tbo annexed out is illustrated a very simple wheel, to be operated by gases, that was recently described in Scientific American as follows:

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1 HE CURIOSITY SHOP.

The "Wandering Jeir—Tho Xrtulltlon at Given In «»*. Tbe legend of the Wandering Jew was brought to Europe from tbe east late in tbe Eleventh century, after the first crusade under Peter tho Hermit In tbe year 1228 this legend was told for tbe first time by an Armenian bishop, then &:y arrived the Holy Land, to the dwu*s of St. iU^an, in England. According to bis narrative, Joseph C.irt iilus was doorkeeper at tbe pnerorium oi i'ontius Pilate when Jesus was led away to be crucified. As Jesus halted upon tbe threshold of the praetorium Cartapiiilus struck him in the loins and said: "Move faster! Why do y.u stop hcreP Jesos, the legend continues, turned round to him and said, with severe look: "I go, but you will await my coming." Cartaphilus, who was then 30 years old, and who since then lias always returned to that age when he bad completed a hundred fears, has ever since been awaiting the tuning of our Jord and tbe end of the world. Ho was said* to suffer under the peculiar doom of ceaselessly traversing tbe earth on foot. The general belief was that ho was a man of great piety, of sad and gentle manners, of few words, often weeping, seldom smiling, and content with the scantiest and simplest food and the most poverty stricken garments. Such was tbo tradition which poets and roinmicists in various lauds and many languages have introduced into song and story. As tho ages rolled on new circumstances were added to this tale. Paul of Eitscn, a German bishop, wrote" in a letter to a friend that ho had met the Wandering Jew at Hamburg in l.VMand ha/1 a long conversation with him. He appeared to be fifty years of age. Hi» hair was long, and ho went barefoot. His dress consisted of very full breeches, a short ie or "kilt reaching to tbo knees, and a cloak so long that it descended to bis heels. Instead of Joseph Cartaphilus, ho was then called Ahasuerus.

The Crescent and the Cross. Warburton, iu his work on the crescent and the cross, relates tho following incident: "The crescent was tbe symbol of tbo city of Byzantium, and was adopted by the Turks. This device of nncient origin, as appears from several medals, and took its rise from an evont thus related by a native of Byzantium: Philip, the father of Alexander the Great, meeting with great difficulties in carrying on tho siege of the city, set the workmen one dark uight to undermine tbe walls. Lnckily for tbe besieged, a young moon suddenly appeared and tho designs of the besiegers were discovered, in acknowledgment whereof the Byzantines crected a statue to Dinnu, and the crescent became the symtol of tbe state. If this is correct it antedates B. C. when the death of Philip took place. In Lelnnd's 'Life of Philip of Macodon,' it is related that at the siege of Byzantium a bright meteor appeared in the air. The meteor, which had appeared so opportunely to direct tbeir motions, tbe Byzantines ascribed to the peculiar favor of tho gods, and in tbe ardor of their acknowledgment dedicate a statue to Hecate or Diana In Calmet's Dictionary, article 'Moloch,' is represented Persian coin with the figure of a star and crescent in the Pictoral Bible, II Chron., 15, 1(5, a Phoenician coin bears a crescent Matthew, xxi. Prince Cantemir, in his 'History of the Ottoman Empire, says: 'The Janizaries (flourished in 1302) bear on their banners a two edged sword, bent like a ray of lightning, opposite to a crescent.' And in describing the siege of Vienna in 1529 he mentions the crescent as tho emblem of Mohanunedani&n antagonist^ to tip cross. a

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Old Verse.

The following specimen of ingenious versification was published in a Philadelphia {wiper while the revolutionary war was iu progress. It may ho read three different ways: First, let the whole be read in the order in which it is written: second, read tbe lines downward on the left of each comma iu every line third, in tho same manner on the right of each comma. Iu the first reading the revolutionary cause is condemned, aud by the others itiseucouragcdand lauded: Hark! Hark! tlie trumpet sounds, tho din war's alarms. O'er seas aud solid grounds, doth call us ail to arms Who for King George doth stand, their honors soon shall shine Tbeir ruin is at hsmt, who with the congress joia. The acts of parliament. In I hem 1 much delight, 1 hate their cursed intent, who for the congress flffht The Tories of today, they are my daily toast. They noon wiH sneak away, who independence boast Who non-resistance bold, they bare my band and heart, May they for slaves be sold, who act a Whigglsh part On Slausfleld, North ami Dute, may daily blessings pour, Confusion and dispute, on congress evermore, To North and British lord, may honors still be done, 1 wish a block or cord, to Gen. Washington.

Lack of Eden flail.

Hutchinson, in bis "History of Cumberland," speaking of Eden ball, says: In this house are some old fashioned apartments. An old painted drinking glass, called the "Luck of Eden ball,'* is preserved with great care. In tbe garden, near to tbe boose, is a well of excellent spring water, called St. Cuthbert'* well. Tlie glass is supposed to have been a sacked balice, bat tbe legendary tale is, that the t- Jef. going to draw water, surprised a company of fairies who were amusing themselves upon tbe green near tbe well. He seisni tho glass which was standing upon its margin they tried to get it from him, but after an ineffectual struggle (lew away singing:

If hat class either break or fall. Faretdtli tbe lack off" hait.

Earl or Cosnt,

When the Saxon kings created an earl they gave him a shire or division of land to govern. At tbe Norman eooqtmwt the word crnat superseded tbe title earl, wad the earldom was called a oomty. Even to tbe present day we call the wife of an earl a countess. A l«H running in a aortbastmi direction from Devonshire and Hampshire marks off tbe shire* la a g—•-r*l way tbe shim mean tbe midland go :jea. Angetsfy, in Wdn, and twelve counties la Kagiatal do not terminate in "shire.9

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Tbe fallowing 1ms been red tbe origin of tbe expression, "Let go, Uallagbcr:* tewyearsagoaraan wascwnvicted otacf tinlfexa*. The sent *wa»l tug. day of execution art.-.red aauua prisoner was placed on the trap end atsJcattif be had anyth to -r. He answered. -. ttontag to tbe mngr.—i: 'Let ber sco. U_jgber.* Ckdfa^ber was tbe iwrif wt» bad charge oftbe execution."

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ENTERTAINMENT AND INSTRUCTION FOR OUR GIRLS AND BOYS.

A Lesson or Two In Riding oa Horseback That Will Co Found Useful to Beginners. How to Sit and Bow to Handle tbe

In a recent issne of Golden Days appeared some very sensible adrscv on the subject of "Ponies for Boys." Flowing are soggeations made about the "seat," tho first mystery to bo mastered, along with directions for holding tho reins.

TOO SHORT. TOO LOXU. CTTIECT. Tho first lesson should tenon the youug beginner tbat the bridle and reins are not intended for him to 1 'Id on by. Let a comfortable, padded saddle, with stirrups the right length, be put ou a steady pony, and tbe groom lead tho pony or make him walk or canter round in a circle, with a long, lunging rein attached. Sit in an upright, easy position iu the middloof your saddle, and try and keep there. Shoulders back and waist slack, and fold your arms across your chest, for we are not going to bother you w«fch any reins in your first lessons. YoirUre now in a position to learn the three legitimate aids to the seat —viz., balance, grip and stirrups. The lower limbs should bo attached to the pony like a centaur, sticking to your saddle like glue, and gripping with the knees like a vise, feeling tbo stirrups as a useful support. The trunk should to well balanced and flexible.

When confidence and a firm seat have been acquired, then the boy may bo trusted with the bridle, because he will feel perfectly independent of holding on by it, and will only use it as a means to regulate the paces of his pony. Tbo reins inust be smoothly and flatly held, with the arms, hands and elbows in tho right position, and tbe finest horsemen regulate the paocs from the motion of the wrists and fingers only. When you have settled on the right length to hold your reins so as to suit your pony's mouth, make a private mark on them, so that you can always pick them tip again tbo same length. The reins should be held in the left hand, but the right hand should alwoys be ready, and it is very often advisable to ride with both bands.

When riding with ono hand, place the three fingers of the left hand—viz., the second, third and fourth—between the single rein, and then turn them over tho first forefin&rer, when they will to held tightly by the thumb. The thumb sboul.l point between tbe pony's ears. This will insure the elbow being iu tbe right place, close to the side, with a good command of the reius.

If young Kimrod has taken the trouble to do as he is told be will look very well on pony back, for his seat will be square to tho front, without either shoulder being in advance. The left hand with the reins just above the iommel of the saddle, elbows close to side, knees close to saddle and reidy to grip it like a vise, toes slightly out, heels down, head up.

11«1 at His Post.

A good many boys think that tho life of a cowboy in tho far west is a very jolly one, while hard work to do and aro often exjiosed to tho severest weather, and their lives are risked in tho course of duty. The following story, written for Harper's Young People, illustrates this:

A cowboy known as "Tex" was ordered to drive a small herd of cattle from a certain ranch in the southern ]»art of Nebraska to a station ra the Union Pacific railway. It was a drive of only one day, and Tex started out aloue very early one morning, believing that lie would need no help to manage so small a number of cattle. During the forenoon Tex observed clouds gathering in the north, and he felt sure a storm was coming. IIo knew it was of no use to try to hurry the herd, but be felt a little uneasy, as storms iu that locality are likely to be very severe. His fears were well grounded. Rapidly the wind increased, blowing dead against the cowbpy and his charge. Colder grew the atmosphere, and a few snowfiakes fell. A blizzard was coming, but Tex kept moving forward. Boreas was fairly howling now, and tho air was bitter cokl. Tex% cattle, with beads low down, breasted the storm and moved slowly along tbo trail. Tox shouted cheerily to encourage himself as well as bis cattle, but by degrees he grew more and more chilled and hoarse and after awhilo he stopped shouting. To keep his blood in circulation be threw his arms about and beat his hands against bis thighs and body, but toon that did no moro good, and be sat still in tbe saddle, freezing. Tbe storm rushed and roared yet, and colder grew tho air. About mid-afternoon a few cattlo were blown by the wind to a group of shanties standing out on tbe plain far from tbe regular trail A pony nearly frozen followed and stopped in front of one of the shanties. His rider sat motionless, and men rushed out to help him, but bo kept his saddle like a marble figure. The rider was Tex, and be was stone dead.

Two Little Old Ladles.

Two little okl ladies, o&e grave, one gay, In the self same cottage lirod day by day. One could not he happy, "because,'" she said, "So many children were hungry tor bread And she real ad not the heart to smile. When tbe wt:_i was so wicked all tbe while.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

A Peril Which Winter Brings to Unwary Travelers and Helpless Visitor*. With tbe coming of cold and damp weather arises tbe remembrance of a pail ever present and by no means small, if we accept the •tatenumt of a writer who claims that "a respectable proportion of tbe deaths that occur during the winter season are directly or indirectly due to sleeping in damp beils." "The experienced traveler," continues the authority quoted, "rarely hazards the risk of sleeping between sheets which are nearly sure to be damp, until they havo been aired under his personal supervision at a fire in his bedroom. If thi^B? impracticable, be wraps his cloak arouud film, or pulls out tho sheets and sleeps between tbe blankets, a disagreeable, but r^?n prudent, expedient The direct miscfc may result from the contact of av imperfectly heated body with sheets which retain moisture. Tho body heat is not sufficient to raise tho temperature of the sheets to a safe point, and the result must be iTNastrous in tho extreme, if, as is sure to iiappen, the skin is cooled by contact with a surface colder than itself, and steadily abstnic: :ng heat all the ni :lit through. "Chantry people are cii-oeially culpable in this matter. A 'spare' room is reserved for guests. For weeks it may remain unoccupied, unaired and unwarmed. A visitor arrives. Unconscious of the fate that awaits him he calmly passes the evening in social enjoyment Later be is shown to tho 'spam' room for the night The atmosphere of the apartment has tho chill and damp of the tomb, autl tho sheets of tho bed are veritable winding sheets—shrouds, in fact He is foitunato if he escapes with nothing more than a 'cold.' There is no excuse for tbe neglect of proper precaution to insure dry beds."

Union of Severed Parts.

AnioDg remarkable instances reported of the union of severed digits is the following, accredited to The International Journal of Surgery: A boy while splitting wood cut off a part, of his right thumb. It dropped to the ground and be ran into the house. The mother bunted up the father, who went to tho barn, harnessed tho horse, found the severed pieco of thumb, wrapped it with the stump in a cloth and drove nearly three miles to the doctor. Fully an hour and a half elapsed before the doctor saw him, wheu ho removed tho cloth and found the thumb lying loosely in the bandage and covered with sand and dirt The doctor cleaned it and secured it to the stump. It united promptly, and two years afterwards it was hard to tell which thumb had been iujured.

Vaccine Versus Ilovlno Virus. Tbe fear of contracting disease has to a great extent done away with tho uso of vaccine virus taken from the arm of a vaccinated child, and caused physicians, oftentimes against their judgment, to confine themselves to bovine virus. That this latter virus is not always innocuous is well shown by a report of tho royal bureau of hygiene at Berlin. Virus which was obtained from a vaccine farm at Eberfeld produced in those who were vaccinated with it eruptions of the skin, and in some instances pustules formed. Among children, several deaths occured. In one of those cases post-jutortem examination revealed an abscess. Considerable constitutional disturbance followed the occurrence of the eruptions.

Tho Power of tho Imagination. A hospital physician wishing to test tbe power of the mind upon the body, gavo a hundred pfttients a dose of sweetened water. •Fifteeu «sqit«UQiits te onnatittcia that he by thistake given a jpowerful emetic, and preparations must to made accordingly.

Eighty out of the hundred patients became thoroughly ill and exhibited the usual result of an emetic twenty were unaffected. Tho curious part of it is that with very fow ex ceptious the Eighty 'emeticlzed' subjects were men, while the strong minded few, who were not to be caught with chaff, were women.

Baseball Injuries.

For tbe swollen and painful "baseball pitcher's arm" is given, according to a physi cian, the hot batb—watcr at 110degs. and tun heat is what is used for injuries that thicken the joints—put tbe finger or arm right in tbo hlazo of the sun, having the limb held up by a rest

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Hints for Those Who Arc to Be Chiefly Concerned at a Mornlug Wedding. What is in fashionable parlanco a morning wedding is ono occurring at any time before 6 o'clock p. m. On such an occasion tbo groom docs not appear in evening dress, even though the bride be in full dress toilette. His proper costume is a black frock coat (or a cutaway, in favor of which there is a strong movement just now), light trousers, patent leather shoes, white gros grain four in hand scarf, pearl gloves with pearl or black stitching and silk hat The best man and ushers are similarly attired, but wear either pearl or lavender gloves with broad black stitching on tbe back. The bride is in full dress white toilette or traveling dress, according to preference.

Gaslight extremely becoming, sod therefore much used at day weddings.

Things to Be Avoided.

Through a mistaken notion of politeness, many people indulge too freely in tbo use of tbe word* "sir" and "madame" in conversation. Tbo old etiquette wbich required children always to say "Yes, sir," "No, ma'am," etc., to tbeir parents and elderly relatives is oat of vogue. Young peoplo are now taught to reply, "Yes, papa," "No, mamma" (with accent on tbe second syllable of papa and mamma), '•Yes, aunt," "No, uncto," and tbe like.

Neither Is it quite elegant for grown people to use the word "pier with mti a frequency. "Will you oL.^0!iie,*"Wi:i you have tbe kindness,n or a similar equivalent sboott be oft itter beani

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THE MARCH TO DEATH.

WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY CONCERNING GENERAL PARESIS.

Characteristics of aNew American Disease. Weakening Minds Filled with Strange Hallucinations—Tho Results of Fast

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"Died of general paresis." Again and again during tbe past five years this has been the verdict in the caso of peoplo noted for their brilliant mental attainments, until tho very name paresis convey* a feeling of terror to the minds of many. Aud well it y, for it means madness and death to its victims.

Nothing can save tho person afflicted with tho disease. First comes a clouding of tho mental faculties, which is scarcely perceptible. Only to, the expert has it any meaning. Generally .thef afflicted person evinces a weakness for stealing. Small, worthless things amiso his cupidity, and he is detected again and again making away with trifliug things, for wbich he has generally not tho slightest use. An odd shoe or glove, an inkstand or penwiper, letters, cups and saucers, almost anything that comes in his way, are surreptitiously appropriated.

With this mania comes a gradual obliteration of the fine lines of the face. It assume a doughy, puffy appearaucc, and the pupils of tho eyes are irregular. Then comes a recklessness in regard to money matters, produced by illusions of limitless or easily gotten wtsalth. For this reason most persons, wheu they tiro finally stricken helpless by tho disease, are coinjielled to seek shelter iu public institutions. While still, as far as their friends can 9ee, in tho full enjoyment of their faculties, tboy buy everything that strikes their fancy, generally using up all their ready cash and plunging into debt as deeply as possible. If their fancy runs to jewelry they buy diamonds, rings and watches until their funds or credit give out The minds of others, again, run to furniture, and tbey pilo great quantities of furnishings up in their homes, frequently enough to dtoek them a dozen times over. Others havo a mania for horses, carriages, clothiug or perhaps eyen real estate and bonds, bought with an utter disregard for their value or the ability to pay.

These extravagances generally become so noticeable that friends and relatives interfere. An examination is held and generally tho person is discharged, for rarely can a sheriff's jury to found that will adjudge a person insane against whom nothing moro than extravagant eccentricities can be charged. But the disease marches on steadily. Tho illusions of wealth and grandcur bccomo more and moro pronounced. Then follow a thickness of speech and a failiug memory. Tho face becomes more puffy and the flno lines arj almost obliterated. Simultaneously, too, there frequently appears a halting or unsteadiness In the gait, and paresis has its hold firmly fastened.

Generally tho disease runs its course within two years. It rarely takes longer to bring tbo victim to the grave, though some few easels are known where doath was fougbt off for a longer period. But dissolution is inevitable. No remedy has yet been found that will stay £he disease. Even if tbe patient is taken inrhand at tho earliest poasiblo stage, nothing, sa far as known at present, can save him. Decay can bo made more gf*dunl, but it is inevftable.

As the diseaso progresses It is pitlablo to viclioit The power of articulation mes weaker with each day, until, finally, the patient can only stutter out his words painfully with the greatest effort. Walking becomes more and more laborious. Tbo limbs totter under tho body, and at last ho requires tho assistanco of an attendqpt if the patient wants to get about Tho face assumes a brutal appearance. All the muscles of tho body are afflicted with a painful tremor, tbo hands particularly, twitching constantly. Tbo mind is filled with the most wonderful illusions.

No matter bow low tho paretic may be ho is supremely happy. His surroundings aro nothing to him. TTiough hi may know that be is in an insane asylum, that he is considered hopelessly crazy by the people about •him, he feels that the delusion ta theirs, and not even tho fact that he is restrained of his liberty can make him unhappy. To him millions are nothing. Ho has magnificent houses, countlesn servants, and on his deathbed he will invito you with a ghastly hospitality to rido tbo broad seas with him in his golden ships. In hideous mockery of his physical and mental decrepitude the victim of pnrcsis is always of robust appearance. As the diseaso progresses in ita ravages his body grows fat, and to tbe inexperienced eyo ho seems, when in repose, a magnificent specimen of manhood. His appetite is never flagging and his powers of digestion aro marvelous. The diseaso affects only tbe higher nervous system, and leaves tho nerves of the lower order unimpaired. All the involuntary functions of the body are carried on without interruption just as though tbo patient were in perfect health. "No man who leads a model life is likely to have general paresis," said Dr. Shanks, superintendent of tho Kings County Insane asylum, to a reporter of Tbe Prea& "Can no man who does not dissipate be attacked with itr "I won't say that, by any means. There may to other causes. In the first placo. the disease is hereditary. Tbe person afflicted with it may lead a perfect life and still be* come a victim of paresis, becar- be has bees tainted from the father or ber's side. Besides, dissipation is not necessarily meant

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when we speak of a man notleading a modol life. Take tho Wall street brokers, for iiw'' stance. Many of them die from paresb|^ brought on by tbe constant excitement whirl in which they live. Lack of rest improper hours will produce it worry! will bring it on, and serious business troubles^ often causa it Because a man has generali par**"* it does not follow that bis' hal been ai bad life. But man who lives fast is far. more liable to contract the diseaso then aay one else." "To what is it tlaef* "A general breaking down of the htgher* I nervous system, caused by at ring away and shrink' :i of tue br&ia. At .v: death thb paretic's br-.ir. has the anpearnacsof a clireSo wheu ycu cut ir.to is. «aall round holeS id! *»hrou ti:o gray uiat.cr. 'Xhtea ar^. causadby tb» ::irinkiag.n "Hqw do you account for thi i^reiso la tbo d*?:aso ot Into yesrs!* "T. rlly 1 soasuci laittr Jbo-sra I and understood, u~(l casss fonacrly ir.ooi rectly diascos 1 aro utrv riro^eriy classified, aad partly, because it 13 rapidly and constantly on the inoresso with the increase of fast life. T- vt its existence is mainly dhe to fast living-l eat from tho fact that i» the country gtnos'aiparcais i»*unknown.' It is only iu tho largo cjtiof, Where "por^.ities for dissipation abound, that it Lis a fc o. -old, and it is heriKthat it is oa the increase."—

Now York Press.

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salary of a Hull Fighter.

1 asked Senor Impresario f-.thQ present high priccs wore in part caused by Jjbu large pay now demanded by the bull fighters. "Yes but only in part," was his Yeply. "Tho fact is that, even air. tho lower*, classes iu Spain men think of saving a dollar on the week's or month':} wages, so as to bo able to go to tbo ring, even if wife and children aro starving at home. The great bull fighters certainly got higher remuneration nowadays than formerly, but their pretensions vary according to tho sea* son and to their list of engagements. Tho inevitable accidents that putj, one or mora famous toreros hors du combnt also ten|s to increaso tho demands of tho others. Tbo two best. *llghters in Madrid, Frascuglo and Lagartijo, when engaged for the season, get fl,125 for frach performance, and besides an extra fee f6jf each season of $1,200 in that forty of perquisites. Out of this money they have to pay their two mounted pleadores, who spear the bull three bandeHIlcros{ who fix in its shoulders the light darts, and a pnntillcro, whose duty it is to dispatch the dying bull that declines to rise on its legs to receivd the death stroke. "Famous bull fighters like Maszantinl, the ex-station master Currito, Carancha, favorites in Andalusia and Madrid, get trpm $900 to $1,000 only. At second rate bull fights toreros only just rising into notice get from $850 to $509. There is that youngster, Guerrito, and Sspartero, too, who are rapidly climbing the ladder, and, in a very short time they will beoome famous, aud alas! expensive."—Madrid Cor. Philadelphia Times, ,,f-

Slavonic Haoo In Russia,

Tbe

^lavonio race is a factor in the history of Eii.-ope.

A portion of tho same, tho

smallest in point of numbers, is at tho mercy of Germany another, and more important one, is at tho mercy of Austria the third and largest portion submits to Russia.' Russia maintains that'her rivals belong to the Germanic, while she is of the Blavonio race, and, thorefore, tbat she has a better right to tbe direction and guidano^of tho peoples having the same blood with herself. It oorC not have been a lfg&t task for Alexander 111, despite all his efforts, to Steer clear of the many shoals and quicksands that bo must havo found in bis way during bis last interview with William II.

A colossal empire this of Ruwla. a {^federation of races bound together by the sword, and like to thoso armed tribes that overran Europe in tbo Fourth and Fifth centuries, leaving tho desolate steppes for tho mild regions of the Mediterranean, a yery Paradise in tho eyes of tboeo born an$ bred In the midst of snows of hypcrboroaii climes. An enmit*" of race to race, dating long ages back, pervades this vast military uation, whoso domains extend from north to south, and whose people, like the Goths and^longols of old, wander from placo to placo as if they bad no country of tbeir 'own, sighing for Jerusalem, Cachemiro and Constantinople, as if they despised tbe territory that has fallen to their lot Powerfully built, after tbo fashion of savago races, robust, tall, red haired and pale eyed, you might tako them for ono of tho peoplo described in tho early chronicles of modern history and sent by divine wrath to punish us for our sins. Russia declares herself to be the defender of her oppressed races, as theso tribes claim to bo the avengers of those captives tbat accompanied tho Roman victor in the Via Sacra and of thoso athletes that were hunted down in the forests and offered up as holocausts to a drunken populace in tbo circuses and naval fights.—Emilis Costeiar in Philadelphia Times

"I «ay, Brown, you know Hfhorty vrettjf well, don't ycrtiT "Ob, yes." "What kind of a fellow is hef "Well—Shorty is a tnun who generally oarrics his mobvy iu his insido pocket The Epoch.

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Chronic Catarrh

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